Correlation in the changes of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences at the Hantaan virus occurring in different parts of S- and M-segments were studied. The correlation was analyzed using comparison of substitutions in aligned nucleic sequences of the segments. Correlations of the nucleotide substitutions between S- and M-segments were observed. Probably, this coordination of the changes in both segments reflects features of the tertiary structure of RNA.
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BMC Cancer
January 2025
University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic involved business closures (e.g., gyms), social distancing policies, and prolonged stressful situations that may have impacted engagement in health behaviors.
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January 2025
Associate Professor, Department of Restorative, Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland; and Adjunct Professor, Division of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Statement Of Problem: Acrylic denture base resins are subject to colonization by oral and nonoral bacteria, contributing to the onset of denture stomatitis. However, how the addition of antimicrobial substances affects the mechanical and optical properties of additively manufactured denture base resin remains unclear.
Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to investigate the surface roughness, color stainability, and flexural strength of antimicrobial-modified, additively manufactured polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) denture base resin in tooth and gingiva colors.
Nucleic Acids Res
January 2025
Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu - Paris Rive Gauche (IMJ-PRG), UMR 7586, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 8, Pace Aurélie Nemours, 75013 Paris, France.
Accurate protein synthesis requires ribosomes to integrate signals from distant functional sites and execute complex dynamics. Despite advances in understanding ribosome structure and function, two key questions remain: how information is transmitted between these distant sites, and how ribosomal movements are synchronized? We recently highlighted the existence of ribosomal protein networks, likely evolved to participate in ribosome signaling. Here, we investigate the relationship between ribosomal protein networks and ribosome dynamics.
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January 2025
State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China. Electronic address:
Secondary cell wall (SCW) deposition is tightly coordinated with programmed cell death (PCD) during xylem development and plays a crucial role in plant stress responses. In this study, we characterized a serine carboxypeptidase-like gene, SCPL48, which exhibits xylem cell-specific expression patterns in stem xylem during vascular development. The scpl48 plants exhibited reduced stem xylem cell numbers, particularly vessel cells, accompanied by delayed organelle degradation during PCD and increased secondary wall thickness in xylem vessel cells.
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January 2025
Swansea Community Farm, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
Background: As an umbrella term, social prescribing offers varied routes into society which promise to support, enhance, and empower individual citizens to take control of their own health and wellbeing. Globally healthcare systems are struggling to cope with the increasing demands of an ageing population and the NHS (UK) is no exception. Social prescribing is heralded as a means to relieve the burden on primary care and provide support for the 20% of patients whose needs are non-medical.
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